Episode 32: Grandiose escape. (3)

Diamond told Lothair about what happened to him and his clan members in detail, and they prepared a strategy to capture the hooded guy based on Diamond's story. They were on their way to the top floor of the palace and prepared everything as planned.

Lothair is looking at Diamond.

"Are you sure this is going to work?"

Diamond nods with confidence.

"It should be. If he can't move, then he can't dodge. That simple."

Lothair is still doubting the plan, but it still worth trying.

"Well, I will give them time to prepare it. But I still think that it won't work and it will be very risky if we failed."

Diamond grabs Lothair's shoulder.

"Don't worry too much! It will work. Even high level monsters couldn't escape from this."

Lothair sighs and nods with understanding.

After a short briefing with all the players, they all ready to enter the emperor's garden.

They entered the emperor's garden. A vast garden on the rooftop of the palace with the cold wind breezed making them felt a bit chill because of it. A hooded guy in the middle of the garden with a scythe in his hand and the moonlight illuminates on the blade of his scythe. Lothair looked at Diamond to verify if he's the one who massacred all the Diamond Clan. Diamond nodded confidently. Then Diamond looked at the others and ordered them to be in the position. They all scattered around the garden to make sure the hooded guy can't escape from the garden.

They still have 25 minutes before the system removed the culprit's restriction from leaving the palace. Diamond and Lothair readied their stances and carefully observed the players to make sure they all ready with the plan. 25 minutes is a long time and they didn't want to be rash with it. A perfect plan makes a perfect outcome.

All the players were in position. Diamond looked at Lothair and nodded. Lothair gripped his sword so tightly and then both of them charged in towards the hooded guy. The hooded guy didn't move an inch from where he was standing as if he challenged them to try to hit him. He casually drank a potion while looked at them.

Diamond and Lothair are getting closer to the hooded guy. Diamond screams.

"Now!"

The players with bows, crossbows, longbows, and magic staff are showering their attacks towards the hooded guy. The hooded guy stabs the scythe on the ground and grabs daggers from his inventory. Lothair's eyes are wide open with disbelief.

"How can all the attacks missed!"

Diamond is running besides Lothair.

"Don't bother with that, I told you earlier about it. We just need to make time for them to finish their preparation."

Diamond is looking at the sides and checking if they are ready with the preparation. When he looks back at the hooded guy, the hooded guy is looking in the same direction as him from earlier. Diamond is panicking.

"F*ck! He noticed!"

Diamond and Lothair hurriedly ran toward him, but suddenly the hooded guy grabbed his scythe and disappeared. Both of them were surprised and looked around to find him. Then a scream came from the right side of them. The hooded guy appeared above the mage players that were preparing for binding spells. The hooded guy plunged the mages. With a single attack, he managed to make the mages fell to the ground and failed to cast the binding spells. The hooded guy slashed around him and the other players that were about to attack him got a fear debuff and couldn't move nor attack. Both Diamond and Lothair couldn't save them since they both were far away. They both ran as fast as they could but it was too late, all the players from the right side got annihilated in less than a minute.

The hooded guy switched his weapon to daggers again and ran towards the players on the back. As soon as Diamond and Lothair were in range with the hooded guy, they both attacked him from behind at the same time, but the hooded guy dodged it without even looking back. They both couldn't believe it and kept trying to hit him. The hooded guy ignored them like flies and it pissed them off. Every skill they have, they used them all and none of them managed to hit the hooded guy. Then the mages from the left side approached them. Diamond and Lothair smiled and backed away from the fight. They sacrificed dozens of players just so the binding spells hit the hooded guy.

The mages released the binding spells and it made the players in 10 meters radius couldn't move. What surprised them that the hooded guy wasn't rooted and he chuckled while massacred the players that are rooted. Diamond and Lothair stood there in silence.

"Are you kidding me..."

Diamond dropped his swords and fell on his knees. Lothair lifted him and shook his body.

"Hey, get yourself together! We are not done yet!"

Diamond shook his head.

"No, we can't... Just look at him. He killed multiple players that are level 120 and above in just a few seconds."

Lothair clenched his fist and approached the hooded guy on his own. Lothair kept trying his best. Diamond watched the whole thing while kneeling.

The hooded guy disappeared again and reappeared in front of the mages. He used his scythe again and disabled them. He killed all of them with just 2 hits using his scythe. Lothair ran towards him but he was already exhausted.

In the end. The hooded guy killed all the players except Diamond and Lothair. The rest of the players respawned outside the palace and they all gave up since Diamond gave up with it, and they knew it was pointless since they couldn't do anything no matter how hard they tried.

Lothair is catching his breath while replenishing his stamina. The hooded guy is standing still under the moonlight. Lothair stabs his sword on the ground.

"Who are you?"

The hooded guy just shrugs.

"Are we done here? I still have 10 minutes before I can leave the palace."

Lothair is looking at Diamond. Diamond shakes his head. Lothair sighs and raises his hands.

"We are done. We can't land a single hit with hundreds of players attacking you. No, it doesn't matter, isn't it? Even if there are thousands of players, the outcome will be the same."

The hooded guy chuckles and drops his daggers on the ground.

"I will stand here. You can try hit me once."

Lothair raises his eyebrow, but he grabs his sword and approaches him. Then he slashes the hooded guy once and it finally hit. 1243 damage. Lothair is confused.

"What, how? So all this time, we are actually able to hit you?"

The hooded guy shrugs.

"How about this. I will not move from where I'm standing at. You both should be able to kill me this time, right? That sounds fair enough."

Lothair scoffs and smirks.

"Are you mocking us?"

The hooded guy shrugs. Lothair looks at Diamond.

"Let's try, Diamond. One last time?"

Diamond stands up and grabs his swords and walks towards Lothair.

"Let's do it."

The hooded guy grabs a twin chained sickles and swings it around. Diamond looks at Lothair.

"Be careful... His skill with those sickles is terrifying."

Lothair nods with understanding.

Both of them run towards him from two sides. The hooded guy swings both of his sickles towards them. Diamond and Lothair back off and barely dodge it. Then they approach him by running at him randomly. They both manage to dodge the sickles and jumps towards him. The hooded guy looks at them and smirks.

"Don't jump at your enemy, because you can't dodge when you're in the midair."

The hooded guy swirls and wraps the chained sickles around his arms then grabs his scythe from his inventory and slashes both of them.

[924]

[You are overwhelmed by fear]

Diamond and Lothair fall to the ground and unable to move. Diamond is gritting his teeth.

"I... can't... move..."

[444]

[459]

Diamond and Lothair recover from fear debuff, but then the hooded guy is already stabbed his scythe on the ground.

[1120]

[You are stunned]

Their visions are getting blurry from stun debuff. The hooded guy unwraps the sickles and attacks them rapidly.

[822]

[801]

[836]

[1252]

[813]

[1239]

[826]

[834]

[1207]

[1211]

[You died]

[4min 59sec to self-reviving / Go back to the spawn point]

Diamond and Lothair fall to the ground. Both of them are dead. The hooded guy put the sickles and the scythe back into his inventory. He grabs the daggers and walks towards them. He's squatting in front of them.

"Don't worry. I'm not taking legendary items from the chamber. I only took Krestan's left leg from there."

The hooded guy stands up and stretches his arms.

"That was fun. Thanks for trying."

The hooded guy walks past them.

[Voice of the World]

[Emergency quest! (Failed)]

[The culprit is now free from the restrictions and escaped from the players. The emperor is furious and all the players from Eluna Empire's faction are getting punishments. EXP rate and Drop rate are reduced by half, all the players will also lose the Blessings of the Moon. The punishment lasts until 2399hrs 59mins 59 sec.]

All the players from other factions are laughing at the VoW. Players are posting threads in forums and mocking the Eluna Empire's faction.

(Outside the palace)

I exhale deeply and stretch my whole body. A screen appears in front of me.

[Exclusive Task, Grandious Escape! (Completed)]

[Good work! You are now the first-ever player that managed to escape and with style!]

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[Title [Killer] obtained!]

[Title [Killer] has been upgraded!]

[Title [Killer] is no longer available]

[Title [Serial Killer] obtained!]

[Title [Serial Killer] has been upgraded!]

[Title [Serial Killer] is no longer available]

[Title [Phantom Killer] obtained!]

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[Phantom Killer: Managed to steal and escape from the palace. Killed all the NPCs and players that are inside the palace. Increase damage by 100% to players, also decrease damage taken by 50% from players when equipped. Can only use one title at a time.]

I chuckle and shake my head with disbelief. Then a woman appears from the shadow.

"I know you are different from the others."

Avriel is crossing her arms while smiling at me. I look at her and raise my eyebrow.

"It's thanks to you, because of this equipment, I managed to escape from the palace."

Avriel is smiling and smirks at me.

Suddenly a screen appears in front of me.

[Avriel is starting to like you.]

[Affinity towards Trevor increased by 10%]

[Avriel Scarlettblood (10%)]

I raise my eyebrows.

"Huh?"